Moonage daydreaming of you

Remus Lupin

It's now November second and remus is waking up after the full moon , he doesn’t feel very peachy. it's smoother than usual , back at home but it seems to feel worse than the last two times, remus doesn’t know what went wrong. He guesses It just wasn't his night.

Madam Promfrey comes to fix remus up with a soft smile, he knows she's faking for his sake, but it's fine. He still finds comfort in it.

"Oh my Remus you have two broken ribs" She looks like she has seen a ghost, she points her wand at me and fixes the bones in seconds.

I've never gotten broken bones from transitioning. Why is it happening now?

After she patches me up and remus drink some healing potions. She says “Are you sure you don't want to just stay in the infirmary for the day, you're not in good shape Remus, this is worse than the last two full moons' ' Madam Promfrey gives me a worried look.

“No, I'm fine , thank you for helping me” Remus gives her a small smile.

“Any time dear” She pierces her lips together, Remus can read the worry from her face. But still decided to go to class

remus heads to breakfast. He told the boys he had a major headache yesterday before he left to go down to the shack.

“Well, good morning sleepy head, headache any better?” James asks patting the spot next to him for remus to sit.

“Food, I need food” Remus groans sitting down. James passes him a plate remus furrows his eyebrows at him.

“I Made you a plate, you were late and I didn't want you to miss out on breakfast.” James gives remus a soft smile and he give james a weak one in return.

“Thanks” Remus mumbles softly. His throat still hurts, from howling. The thought of him howling send embarrassment down Remus’s. He wonders if anyone heard him . He hopes no one heard him..

“Sirius I cant believe your birthday is tomorrow and you didn't tell us” Peter says moving his hands around.

remus chokes on his toast. “Your birthdays tomorrow ?” He clears his throat. How did he not know this? How did Sirius not tell them? , he's the most talkative person Remus knows

“Well it's not that big of a deal, It's just a birthday” He takes a bite of his oatmeal and shrugs.

“Sirius Black as I live and breathe, did you just say it's not a big deal! It's a huge deal!” James says abruptly.

“Shush” Lily hushes James from yelling.

“Sorry Evans” James Looks at her then back to Sirius.

“You can't be Serious , you're going to be twelve for merlin's sake!” James whispers the first part then shouts the last bit.

Lily gives him a glare.

“For your information Potter, I am Serious , Sirius Black” Sirius teases.

”If I got a pound every time Sirius Black had said that joke I'd be rich.” Remus mumbles to peter, causing Peter to laugh lightly.

“Fine, yay! Birthday twelve years old” Sirius says with sarcasm lacing his voice.

After breakfast is finished Remus head straight to class, his ribs still in pain . Pomfrey healed his bones but the pain still lingers

“Pst, Remus” he hear Sirius whisper as he elbows me a little.

Remus jolt up, his elbow flying to Sirius’s jaw. “Jesus” Sirius mutters, rubbing his jaw. “ What , what is it?” Remus whispers back, squinting his tired eyes at sirius

“You fell asleep” Sirius says softly, his hand still on his jaw.

“Oh” remus rubs the sleep from his eyes , he’s still tired but he tries to not to fall asleep.

“Did I hit you?” Remus questions. “Yeah, prick” Sirius teases, elbowing Remus in the ribs, causing Remus to hisses out in pain. “Merlin I was kidding, are you alright “ “Yeah, yeah” Remus waves Sirius off, his hand going to his side.

After class is done remus in the hallway walking, books in hand, the boys have already walked ahead of him.

He feels so weak right now, he knows the full moon was last night, but he feels like he has a fever or something. He just has to walk to class , There’s only a few more hours left.

you can do this Remus

He could just walk to the infirmary and see what's going on with him It is close by , hes just going to pop by.

“Madam Promfrey?” Remus utters softly, dragging his way to an infirmary bed, dropping his books beside him lazily.

“Remus Dear, oh you don't look so good , com sit down” Madam Promfrey sits up from her chair ,she places a hand on Remus’s shoulder and sits down on the chair next to the bed.

She feels his head “Oh my, Your burning up!” She gives him a slight frown.

Remus sniffles tiredly and let’s his eyes rest.

“Here you go , this should help '' She gives him a potion , helping him sit up he swallows it scrunching up his face at the taste.

Remus start to get up “Thanks for the help-” he begins to say before she interrupts.

“ Sweetie you have a fever, you should stay here at least for an hour or two” she says calmly.

this is how Remus always wanted to be treated by his mother after the full moon, but it always seems like he’s to one taking care of her. He’s aware that she’s sick but Remus is sick on technicality . 

he doesn’t blame her for the lack of help, and carefulness after the full moon she can hardly care for herself. But he just wishes he didn’t have to be the one caring for her.

"But class" Remus exclaims “I'm fine, it's nothing " he groans.

"I won't hear another word of it. , you need to rest, you probably didn't even sleep very much last night" she says with a stern look.

She is right Remus Harley slept a wink last night, the November air kept him up, along with his broken ribs.

After a couple hours or “resting” Remus asks Madam Pomfrey if he can go down to dinner and she nods.

Remus hurry down to dinner and everyones already there.

“Remus, where in the world have you been?”James asks worriedly, running a hand through his hair.

“Infirmary,” he sighs, no use in taking energy making up a lie. He sits down and puts his hand to his head.

“What? Again, are you okay?” James putting a hand on Remus’s shoulder, worry painted over his face.

“Yeah, Madam Promfrey said I have a fever, but I should be better in the morning, I’m fine” he tries not to worry them, but if he’s being honest with himself he feels like shit.

“I hope you feel better in the morning Remus” Peter says gently.

“Thanks Pete” he lets the words come out in a soft whisper.

After dinner he goes straight to the dorm. Plopping himself onto his bed going into an instant slumber.

He wakes up to the sound of voices.

“Happy Birthday!” He hear Peter yells.

“Yeah Happy Birthday ,Mate” James cheers

Shoot, it's his birthday. He completely forgot 

Remus sits up and rub his eyes, he squints and sees James patting Sirius on the shoulder. Remus flattens out his hair, moving it away from his forehead .

“Happy Birthday Sirius” Remus says after a moment of sitting up.

They all turn their heads to remus , Sirius shoots Remus a smile.

“Thanks Remus” His smiles almost from ear to ear.

“Are you feeling any better Remus?” James asks, lifting his eyebrows.

He nods then James smiles and nods “Good, that's good”

We go down to breakfast and Remus sits in between Sirius and Peter and James sits next to Sirius.

“So how's it like being twelve, is it so much different than eleven?” James rests his head on his hand and looks at Sirius with a smile.

“Honestly, I feel exactly the same as yesterday” Sirius shrugs and pokes at his food.

Remus snort with laughter, because It seems that Sirius and him have the same view on birthdays. He feels the exact same going from one age to the other, he doesn’t get the big deal.

Remus laughing makes Sirius turn his head to look at him.  He furrows his eyebrows at him and remus suddenly feels his throat tighten.

why would he laugh, that just shows him that he’s actually listening to the conversation around him that makes him a part of the conversation as well.

And right now Remus does not  feel like being in one.

Remus looks down to his plate and stirs his oatmeal around. He feels Sirius’s glace get off of him and he lets a quick breath escape hisnmouth.

“When's the rest of your birthdays?” Sirius asks, clearing his voice.

“Mines March twenty seventh” James gleams with a smile.

“August second ” Peter gives a smile.

They all look at remus and he takes a deep breath in. All he has to say is when his birthday is.

“March tenth ” remus mumbles.

“Ha! That means I'm older than all of you” Sirius says with pride sticking his nose up.

“I'm the youngest seriously?” Peter gives a small frown.

“It’s alright Pete, you get a summer birthday “ Sirius smiles, Peter gives a smile back cheerily.

“Don't be upset, James is one of the younger ones too, aren't ya Jamsie?” Sirius elbows James.

“Jamesie?” James shakes his head and laughs “And I’m only younger by seventeen days” James exclaims .

“Yeah , but who's counting, right?” Sirius chuckles, teasing James . Which causes James to roll his eyes with a grin.

“Hey, Remus that means we are older, but don’t get it twisted I am the ultimate older one” Sirius puts his hand to his chest flattering himself.

Remus raises his brows at him jokingly , “Oh no wouldn't want to get it twisted with you.” Remus mocks.

Sirius laughs and takes one big bite out of his food, “Well c’mon then, class, it's ridiculous that they make you go to class on your birthday” Sirius groans.

“I thought your birthday wasn't a big deal” Remus teases him about what he said earlier.

“Well.. It is still my birthday” Sirius shrugs, throwing his bag over his shoulder.”

They all head to class and after the boys all walk to dinner.

Remus tells them , he’s heading in with homework , since he missed class yesterday.

Which was a lie .

Remus heads to the secret entrance that leads to Honey-dukes. He pops his head in and look around to check if anyones there and nobodys in sight.

When he gets in the store, he grab things for Sirius, like lollipops and those chocolates with the cards in them.

He grabs a bag on the way out so he can put the sweets in the bag, like a present.

He runs back to dinner. When he gets there he places his hands on his knees to catch his breath.

I am definitely not cut out to run. Remus thinks

“Jeez, someone was in a hurry” Sirius snickers.

It takes Remus a minute to steady his breath, but after he does he sits down next to Sirius.

After a few minutes of eating an Owl comes towards them. It looks different from Remus’s , its feathers are unlike Remus’s owls which are white, its brown with a mix of black feathers. The owl comes landing gracefully In front of Sirius Holding a huge Envelope.

It makes Remus wonder how an owl that small can carry an envelope that big.

Sirius grabs that envelope and gives his owl a pat on the head, and the owl flies off.

He examines it for a moment before he opens it. Remus takes a glance ,it's a vinyl of The Electric Warrior album by T Rex . That came out only months ago.

“Oh my Merlin! That just came out in September! “ Sirius beams up.

“Who sent it?” James asks curiously.

“My Cousin Andromeda “ Sirius gleams up smiling ear to ear.

“Wicked!” Peter says, looking over Sirius’s shoulder.

“What? What is it?” James leans forwards to see past peter

“It's a record James”  peter implies not looking away from the vinyl.

“Oh, like a muggle one?” James asks, fascinated stretching his neck as much as possible to get a good look at it.

“Okay, I need to listen to this right now!” Sirius bolts up, which makes the rest of us back up.

“Well, are you lot coming or not?” He questions throwing his bag over his shoulder, grinning wide.

“Yeah, c’mon remus “ James pats remus on the shoulder .Remus moves away from his touch

“Can’t I just finish supper first?” Remus glares. James put both hands on his hips. Remus thinks he's just joking around, but he can't tell. Hes too busy eating it's hard to read the conversation.

Remus sighs after finishing his mouth full of food  “Fine!” Remus stands up. Remus stand before they can lecture him about how cool this is going to be.

They start walking to the dorm, James and Sirius already way ahead of Peter and I.

“Jeez they’re in a rush” Peter flaps his hands to his side groaning.

“Must be really excited” Remus shrugs. “So excited I couldn't even have dessert.” He adds.

peter gives a small laugh, and a pat on the back. That Remus doesn’t move away from.

They get to the dorm and Sirius has already got his record player ready to put the new vinyl in. He stops and looks at it, for a moment turning it around and , glancing at the back and tracing his finger along it.

Remus leans against his bed frame, dropping his bag onto the floor. “Well? Are you going to play it or what?”

“Right!” SIrius pops out of his trance and put the vinyl onto the record player.

A tune starts playing, the lyrics start filling the room.

~

“Beneath the bebop moon I want

to croon with you Beneath the

mambo sun I got to be the one with

you My life's a shadowless horse

If I can't get across to you In the

alligator rain My heart's all pain for you”

~

remus looks around the room, his friends are all smiling.

James tapping his foot onto the floor, Sirius humming along , and Peter swaying his body from side to side.

The rest of the song plays.

“I loved that song!” Peter beams.

“Me too!” James chimes in.

“It had a nice tune to it” remus nods

“Yes, exactly, Okay. We are listening to this entire thing now, that was amazing, Merlin muggles are so cool!” Sirius flaps his hands in excitement.

The next half hour they sit there listening to the album.

After remus thinks to grab the sweets to give to Sirius . But decides to wait to give it to him.

Remus waits for another hour, and Peter has already gone to sleep and Sirius and James are talking.

Remus sits back on his bed, he’ll just wait until James goes to sleep. He grabs a charms book from his night stand, and pretends to read, but really he’s listening to them joking around waiting for the conversation to end.

“Alright, g’night mate, I hope you had a great birthday.” James smiles.

“Thanks James, I appreciate it” Sirius smiles and James smiles back. James goes over to his bed and shuts the curtain.

He waits a moment to hear James snoring. Once he starts snoring Remus get off his bed to grab the sweets.

Which must've made enough noise for Sirius to hear me

“Oh, you're awake?” Sirius tilts head to look at remus from his bed . The light by his bed is still on, and he has a piece of paper in his hand .

“Oh uh, yeah, I uhm wanted to give you something’ Remus takes a second to form the words .

“Oh yeah?” Sirius adjusts himself from his bed, sitting up more. Going into his regular, upright posture.

“Yeah” remus takes a deep breath , he grabs the gift from his bag..

He walk over to Sirius and pass it to him sheepishly.

“I’m sorry it's not much, I just wanted to get you something” he looks at him for a split second then look back down.

“You didn't have to get me anything” Sirius comments looking into the bag. His grin widens.

“Did you steal from honey dukes for me?” Sirius looks up with his usual cocky face.

Remus feels his face heat up, “I wouldn't call it stealing” he rolls his eyes raises his shoulders up.

“Mhm” Sirius hums sarcastically, dumping the bag onto his bed. “Wicked!” Sirius grins grabbing a chocolate frog, Shoving into his mouth, “Thank- you” Sirius says in between chews.

Remus covers his eyes and groans “Can you please chew with you mouth closed , that's disgusting”

“Let me have my moment of defiance remus” he taunts , Finishing the chocolate frog. “But really thank you I’m really grateful for this” Sirius loses his usual voice, and laces his voice with pure kindness.

Remus rubs the back of his neck, out of anxiousness “Its, nothing really” he pierces his lips into a small smile.

“It is something, I’ve never uh really celebrated birthdays before so this is kind of new to me” Sirius shrugs, fidgeting with his hands on his lap.

“You haven't?” Remus furrow my brows at him.

“The great Walburga isn't big on birthdays' ' Sirius utters, with a dry chuckle.

“Walburga?” Remus question.

“My mother” Sirius quickly answers.

“Oh, I see” Remus nods in a breath.

“Yep” Sirius sits up again, changing the tone of his voice. “But thanks again for this, I'm whooped , being twelves exhausting” Sirius yawns.

“Well, goodnight Sirius” Remus turns around eventually walking away.

“Nighty night, Remus' ' Sirius said putting the sweets into his bedside table.